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Sonshiners make their way to Willmar

On Wednesday, Sonshiners started showing up and pitching tents for the annual Christian music festival, which is expected to draw around 20,000 people and includes headliners Third Day, Thousand Foot Krutch, Switchfoot and Casting Crowns.

  1. Many Sonshine-goers pitch tents and camp on the Willmar Civic Center grounds for the week.
  2. Finally arrived at Sonshine 2012 and now it's time to set up our temporary home #richwoods #srhi http://pic.twitter.com/Tn9DR9Uk
  3. Ah Sonshine Fest. Such a happy place to be. :)
  4. Starting Tuesday, eager Sonshiners began to gear up for the festival.
  5. Yes! Favorite place in the world. See you later cruel world...hello Sonshine! #music #camping #freedom
  6. So pumped for what Sonshine festival has in store for me this week!!!! Switchfoot, RED, Family Force 5, Relient K, Third Day, Tenth Ave North to name a few.... time to rock out
  7. The night before sonshine is always the hardest night to fall asleep #soexcited
  8. Today begins the next best few days of the summer: Sonshine festival! So excited to hear non-stop hardcore music. Love love love. <3
  9. T minus one hour before I leave work for the best summer event...Sonshine!! I can't wait!
  10. Heading to Sonshine! Gear, gear, oh hey Leah's back there! Haha instagr.am/p/M8WFqaiMmp/
  11. getting ready to head to willmar for SONSHINE FESTIVAL SOOO EXCITED CAN WAIT TO GET THERE YEAH!!!!!!
  12. Tomorrow will be my 6th Sonshine. I have a feeling it will be the best one yet! :) #sonshine
  13. Through social media, bands can interact with their fans at Sonshine. Headlining band Thousand Foot Krutch, as well as the bands Family Force 5, The Lost Colors and Love Out Loud, all tweeted Wednesday about their upcoming performances.

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Ashley White

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